Nearing the end of our quarter we are working to develop our final narratives based on our exploration of Owens Lake. We have utilized a variety of mediums and poetic […]

https://generativelandscapes.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/a01_step01.png ‘Grasshopper’ is a tool/plugin that multiplies, by the dozens, the possibilities of the results over manipulating a single 3D modeled object in Rhino. As a Landscape Architecture student, I […]

Exploring form and patterns through clay modeling allowed me to understand the cut and fill process that will be required for machine choreography. It also allowed me to explore with […]

One of the first assignments we had to do for class was to draw with our eyes closed the wind and noise. Although it may sound fairly easy the assignment […]

For this part of the project we had to explore different pattern on a plastalina surface. The patterns had to be related to the machines that could be available in […]

To interpret sounds from a live feed can be difficult since the nature of people is to recreate that sound. To most people when they hear a sound the think […]

Having the opportunity to visit a site helps to experience it in different aspects and how the different variables involved had defined the site as it is now. Having the […]

Using clay as a medium for modeling for this exercise, was interesting. Shaping the landscape to create opportunities of interaction will allow understanding of the site, scale,  and its existing  […]

The next assignment was to build a drawing machine to capture the airflow. In my first exploration of representing wind, I could recognize how the different moments captured in the […]

One of the first assignments in this design studio was to capture and represent the wind and the sounds we could perceive around us. This process of just listening and closing […]

Memory Forgets – LA303 Eidetic Film_FeldmanEli_V3 from Eli Feldman on Vimeo. Above is my final draft of our Eidetic Film assignment. An alternative version can be seen at – https://youtu.be/sF4toOR7ihI […]

Recording the Owens Lake as landscape architects the use of video is a technique that can assist to communicate what is going on the lake and what can be done. […]

Fourth week in the department means field trip week for design studios, therefore, our studio went to our site for our project.  Owens Valley/ Lake was the first time I […]

After hearing sounds in the Owens Lake and drawing what we thought it was we were assigned to invent a drawing machine.  The intent of this drawing was to explore […]

Patterns in the American Landscapes echo our morality on the land. The photos above are a collection of photos from the book Taking Measures Across the American Landscape, by James […]

Driving into Owens Lake and seeing such mile long empty lakebed was a moment of extreme sadness and contemplation for me. Seeing such enormous area and visualizing the vast amounts […]